by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Ian Lichter is the Assistant Rabbi of Great Neck Synagogue in Great Neck, NY. Parshat Toldot contains the significant dialogue between Yaakov and Eisav that captures the spiritual nature of each man. The verse tells us ויזד יעקב נזיד, that Yaakov is cooking...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Ira Ebbin serves as the Rabbi of Congregation Ohav Sholom in Merrick, NY. When Avraham purchases the Meorat Hamachpeilah for a permanent resting place for his wife Sarah, he was buying more than just burial plots for his immediate family. With this purchase,...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Mischel is the Rabbi of the Synagogue of the Suburban Torah Center in Livingston, NJ. “Take now your son… and go to the land of Moriah; bring him up there as an offering upon one of the mountains which I shall tell you.” (Bereishit 22:2) The great Rav Chaim of...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | American, Parsha
Many commentators have questioned the lack of an introduction to Hashem’s command of “Lech Lecha” to Avraham. The Torah doesn’t indicate why Avraham is chosen. A prospective that sheds light is to contrast Avraham’s own sense of mission and that given to him by...
by admin | Jan 9, 2017 | American, Parsha
Rabbi Mark Dratch is the Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America, New York, NY “Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations” (Gen 6:9). As is well known, this description of Noah is subject to contradictory interpretations. Rashi...
